alt Hacker NewsI'd love to see more attention given to what I've called "red mode".
It's a colour filter that, well, makes the screen red.
It's AMAZING for reading at night. Not bright, renders text clearly, amazing on the eyes.
I'd also like to see an eInk phone take off, but this is more doable.
Reduce White Point is also great for reducing max brightness and preserving eye health
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leejoramo • today at 4:14 AM
I too have had a shortcut for “red filter” + “minimal brightness” + “reduced brightness” for years.
I trigger it by a Triple back tap.
Great for night usage with our eye strain or bothering your spouse
bigmattystyles • today at 4:16 AM
My BMW defaults to orange / reddish for night time and I’ve often thought it’s very easy on the eyes.
My setup is: dark mode, color filters tint red, brightness 0, and reduce white point. It’s almost completely unusable in regular lit rooms, but nice in complete darkness (mostly apps like Instapaper).
The main issue I have is that blue text is unreadable. I wish you could stack color filters like grayscale first, then red tint.